Died in jail or a lockup
Samuel Bust
Samuel Bust, a Black man, was held in the jail at Decatur, Illinois, when about twenty men battered down the jail doors after midnight, led him out and hanged him near the courthouse in front of several hundred spectators. The Philadelphia Times, reprinted in the Goldsboro Weekly Argus in June 1893, condemned the lynching and said no jury would convict those responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Philadelphia Times (reporters).